New ID cards aimed at expediting security screening
Online Exclusive, Oct 28 2003
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A new venture to distribute identity cards to allow people to speed through fast lanes at airport, office building and sports arena security checkpoints with a thumbprint scan has been launched by Verified Identity Card Inc., New York.
The company will issue the cards, perform background checks and match databases against the government's list of known terrorists.
Once the data is linked to credit card systems, the card will offer its holders added protection against identity theft, according to Reuters.
The venture is intended, in part, to solve the problem without the implementation of a government-issued national ID card program.
Verified's card is voluntary. Applicants pay a one-time fee of $30 to $50, and then a monthly subscription of $3 to maintain the card.
The system has not yet been implemented, however, the company is in talks with the federal government on the issue.
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